2004 PGA EuroPro Tour

2004 PGA EuroPro Tour season
Duration28 April 2004 (2004-04-28) – 24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events20
Most winsEngland David Close (2)
England Simon Lilly (2)
Republic of Ireland Tim Rice (2)
England Lee Slattery (2)
Order of MeritEngland Simon Lilly
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The 2004 PGA EuroPro Tour was the third season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£)		 Winner[a]
30 Apr Sky Sports East Lothian Masters East Lothian 40,000 England David Close (1)
8 May Pokermillion.com European Classic Kent 40,000 England David Close (2)
24 May Casinos Algarve Quinta Da Ria Masters Portugal 45,000 Republic of Ireland Tim Rice (1)
5 Jun Golf Weekly International Open Hertfordshire 40,000 England Simon Lilly (2)
12 Jun Pokermillion.com European Masters Sussex 40,000 England Lee Slattery (1)
18 Jun Cardrona Classic Peeblesshire 40,000 Netherlands Inder van Weerelt (1)
25 Jun St Andrews Bay Masters Fife 40,000 England Joe Templer (1)
1 Jul 888.com Masters Suffolk 40,000 England Lee Slattery (2)
9 Jul Pokermillion.com European Trophy Norfolk 40,000 England Kieran Staunton (1)
16 Jul Mortgage Group Classic Bristol 40,000 England Geoffrey Harris (1)
23 Jul ISM Classic Shropshire 40,000 England David Griffiths (1)
30 Jul Peugeot International Derbyshire 40,000 England Simon Hurd (1)
6 Aug Matchroom Golf Management Classic South Yorkshire 40,000 England Andrew Butterfield (1)
20 Aug China Fleet International Open Cornwall 40,000 England Sam Pigott (2)
27 Aug Swallow Hotel Open Suffolk 40,000 Republic of Ireland Tim Rice (2)
3 Sep Brown & Mason Classic Essex 40,000 England Denny Lucas (1)
11 Sep Golf Pages Trophy Northamptonshire 40,000 England Michael Nesbit (1)
23 Sep 888.com European Open Warwickshire 40,000 England James Holmes (1)
1 Oct Ufford Park Classic Suffolk 40,000 Australia John Wade (1)
24 Oct Mosatrajectum.com Tour Championship Spain 75,000 England Simon Lilly (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (£) Status earned
1 England Simon Lilly 37,047 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Republic of Ireland Tim Rice 35,047
3 England Lee Slattery 31,948 Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings)
4 England James Holmes 24,565 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 England David Close 22,586
6 England Denny Lucas 20,790
7 Netherlands Inder van Weerelt 20,604
8 England Michael Welch 19,093
9 Australia John Wade 18,687
10 England Kieran Staunton 17,023

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA EuroPro Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA EuroPro Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2004 Tournament schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 2 August 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2004 Tournaments". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 6 December 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. ^ "2004 Order of Merit". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Lilly Takes Championship Title". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2023.